Book Details

Microsoft PowerPoint Book Details

Book Objectives
  • To take students who are new to the world of presentation (and Microsoft PowerPoint) from a beginner to an advanced stage

Book Requirements:
  • A PC, with either Windows 98, ME or XP
  • A Copy of Microsoft PowerPoint, Versions 2000 to 2003


Book Description:

This course has been designed especially for those new to the world of PowerPoint. You start off fairly slowly, and follow along with your book as you create PowerPoint presentations. Gradually, you acquire more and more skills and expertise. By the end of this book, you'll be at quite an advanced stage, with the ability to put together a professional presentation.

The PowerPoint book will cover a heck of lot of ground. And so will you. Believe in yourself and you can become a very competent PowerPoint user in no time.

Students need not have any PowerPoint experience at all before buying this book. The only thing needed for this course is a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint versions 2000 to 2003.

Number of Pages: 250

Colour Images: Yes

Format: PDF


Presentation One - Getting Started

Learn all about the PowerPoint software and put together your first presentation.

  • The PowerPoint Software
  • Your First Presentation
  • How To Insert A New Slide
  • Changing The Titles Of Your Slides
  • Changing The Font Size
  • Adding Bullet Points To Your Presentations
  • Reformatting A Bulleted List
  • Adding An Image To A Slide
  • Add A Text Box To A Slide
  • Slide Show Footer
  • Add A Note To A Slide
Presentation Two - Animations And Transitions
In this section, you'll learn about animations and slide transitions. You'll also learn the importance of the Master Slide.
  • How To Create A Master Slide
  • Formatting The Master Title
  • Format The Autolayout Area
  • The Presentation Outline
  • Adding The Bulleted List
  • Bullet Animation
  • Adding The Animated Gif Images
  • How To Resize An Image In PowerPoint
  • Slide Transitions In PowerPoint
  • How To Use The Pen Tool
Presentation Three - Charts, And Tables
For your third presentation, you'll learn all about PowerPoint Charts. You'll create and format three different charts, and how to create Flow Charts. You'll also learn how to add a Table to a PowerPoint slide.
  • 3d Bar Graphs
  • Working With The PowerPoint Datasheet
  • Format A Chart Axis
  • Format Data Series
  • Format Series Legend
  • Resize A Chart
  • How To Add A Pie Chart To A Slide
  • Pie Chart Segments
  • 2d Bar Charts
  • Flow Charts
  • Grouping Shapes
  • Copy And Paste A Grouped Object
  • Ungroup An Object
  • Changing The Text On An Object
  • Add A New Text Box
  • Custom Animation
  • PowerPoint Tables
  • Increase The Width Of A Table Column
  • Table Backgrounds And Table Borders
  • Format A Table Border
  • Bullet Animations
  • Sorting Slides
PowerPoint Extras
In this the final section, you learn about the extra things you can do with PowerPoint. Completing this section will really bring your presentations on!
  • How To Create A Design Template
  • Formatting The Master Slide For A Design Template
  • Add A Title Slide To A Design Template
  • PowerPoint Action Buttons
  • Resize And Move An Action Button
  • Use A Hyperlink To Display A Web Page
  • Forcing People To Click Your Buttons
  • Add An Excel Chart to a Slide
  • Insert An Excel Worksheet That You've Already Created
  • Insert aBlank Excel Worksheet Onto A Slide
  • Insert a ready-made Excel Chart
  • Adding Video And Sound To Your Presentations
  • Playing Sounds